Funny News Stories

im a fan of the steve merchant, ricky gervais and karl pilkinton podcasts and this was one of the subjects they talked about

http://www.newturfers.com/mwf/attach/38/...-Fight.htm

i know it sounds awful but i would of give both arms to of seen this lol

The "building a computer" race.
The winner did it in under 5 minutes. I've never built any of mine that fast
The link includes a video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12335960

Found this on Twitter. Not so much a funny story, but a brilliantly funny headline:

http://yfrog.com/f/hs1jncwj/

On the BBC's web page today

A classic reported a few months back by Central Scotland Police...
Police have appealed to the public to stop making "frivolous" 999 calls after a woman phoned to complain that the rabbit she had bought did not have floppy ears.
She dialled the emergency number when she discovered that her pet's ears did not match their description in a newspaper advert.

In another abuse of the emergency services number, a man demanded police action because there were too many onions in his Chinese takeaway.

and this is the sort of story that for me, makes life worth living....

Swedish Moose steals bicycle

A hungry Moose already known to raid rose bushes has stolen a bicycle from a garden in Sweden.
Bjoern and Monica Helamb, of Vuoggatjalme, said the moose had regularly visited their garden to eat their roses over the last decade.

Fed up with the intrusion, and blooming destruction, the couple decided to take action. They placed a bicycle in front of the flowers as their front line of defence.

But their efforts were to no avail.

The moose, dubbed Droopy Ear, leaned through the bike frame to get to the roses and ate away as usual.

"Then she disappeared, with the bike hanging around her neck," Mr Helamb said.

CW beware!!!

Not much use to me, since I had an AtariST, but some of you may be interested in this news item today
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12997245

Council quizzed over zombie invasion plans by resident

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi...ident.html

(10-06-2011 16:09 )mrwotzup Wrote:  Council quizzed over zombie invasion plans by resident

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi...ident.html

Lets hope this has prompted a rethink and they are prepared now.

Not funny, more Awww, but cant find a suitable thread:

Quote:The wedding of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner to his 25-year-old girlfriend has been called off, following her change of heart, Mr Hefner announced.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13772027